InjuryBoard Wilmington Archives

• California Workers Allowed to Bring Class Action

  Gary Shipman | August 31, 2007 4:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, August 30, that workers in California may bring a class action against their employers for alleged labor code violations, notwithstanding the fact that the workers had signed agreements requiring those disputes to be submitted to arbitration.In the 4-3 ruling, the Justices rules that agreements prohibiting the litigation of cases by employees in a...

• Man Provided Alcohol to Underage Teen Involved in Fatal Accident

  Matt Buckmiller | August 31, 2007 2:59 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A man from Welcome, NC has been charged with aiding two minors in the purchase of alcohol. One of the minors died in a single-car auto accident when his car overturned. It is suspected that consumption of alcohol played a role in the accident. The minor, a volunteer fire fighter, was to begin his senior year at North Davidson High School.For more information on this subject matter, please...

• Judge Orders Release of Information on Doctors

  Gary Shipman | August 30, 2007 5:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A United States District Court Judge in Washington has ordered the Health and Human Services Department to turn over information about doctors from the Medicare claims database by September 21. The ruling came in a case filed by a consumer group that sued HHS seeking the release of information that had previously been considered private.Judge Emmet G. Sulllivan concluded that the release of the...

• Over the Counter Laxative Causes Kidney Damage, Death

  Gary Shipman | August 17, 2007 4:07 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Lawsuits filed across the United States allege that a popular, over-the-counter laxative, Fleet Phospho-soda, used to flush out a patient's bowels prior to undergoing colonoscopies, has caused kidney damage and even death.The laxative, manufactured by C.B. Fleet Company, is the subject matter of at least 50 lawsuits currently pending in 20 states. The laxative has been on the market for over...

• Three Navy Sailors Missing After Plane Crash

  Jenny Albano | August 16, 2007 11:13 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  On Wednesday, August 15, a command and control plane crashed over the Atlantic while the E-2C Hawkeye was conducting exercises off the Virginia-North Carolina coast. Now 3 Navy sailors are missing at sea.The plane crashed after it launched from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman about 11 p.m. Wednesday, Navy officials said.Navy officials have announced that they do not know...

• Drunk Driver Kills Father of Two

  Matt Buckmiller | August 16, 2007 4:04 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A man allegedly driving under the influence killed a father of two this morning in a tragic car accident. The man, Delvin L. Ridgle, has been charged with driving under the influence. Cleveland Lloyd Antonio Mitchell, father of two, was driving with his two children in the early morning on I-95, when Ridgle, apparently traveling at a high rate of speed, moved from the center lane into the...

• FDA May Regulate Tobacco If Bill Passes

  Gary Shipman | August 02, 2007 4:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A bill cleared the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that would allow the FDA to regulate tobacco products. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), and co-sponsored by 52 other members of the Senate, would allow the FDA to place restrictions on advertisements, prevent cigarette sales to minors, require stronger warning labels, and sets...

• Novartis Discrimination Lawsuit Now a Class Action

  Gary Shipman | August 02, 2007 4:07 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A gender discrimination action in which female employees of Novartis Pharmaceuticals alleged that there were discriminated against because they were pregnant or had recently given birth has been certified as a class action by a United States District Court Judge in New York.The case, believed to be the second largest gender discrimination case certified as a class action, involves an estimated...

• Bridge collapse in Minneapolis results in 4 deaths

  Gary Shipman | August 02, 2007 1:18 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A bridge between Minneapolis and St. Paul that was under repair collapsed Wednesday during the evening rush hour, killing at least 4 people. The Interstate 35W bridge collapsed for unknown reasons, although the U.S. Homeland Security Department, as of last night, had given no indication of there being any relationship with acts of terrorism. At least fifty vehicles are believed to have fallen...

• The CPSC's "Top Five Hidden Home Hazards"

  Jenny Albano | August 01, 2007 1:39 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Every year, 33.1 million people are injured by consumer products in their homes. Some of these products have warnings from the CPSC and others are new products and technologies. Either way, the home is supposed to be a place where families can feel safe and secure. This list contains products families may use everyday and don't realize what a hazard they can be. Injuries and incidents are...